as in resolvable
capable of having the reason for or cause of determined
I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable
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Recent Examples of solvable
That turned a tricky afternoon into a solvable situation.
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Stone views this gap not as an inevitability, but as a solvable problem.
—Jordan French, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Classical Competition: As classical algorithms and hardware improve, some problems previously thought to demonstrate quantum supremacy may become solvable with classical methods.
—Dorit Dor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
With infinite money and resources, most problems seem solvable.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
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Patrick Connolly, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Stone views this gap not as an inevitability, but as a solvable problem.
—Jordan French, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
Classical Competition: As classical algorithms and hardware improve, some problems previously thought to demonstrate quantum supremacy may become solvable with classical methods.
—Dorit Dor, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
With infinite money and resources, most problems seem solvable.
—Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 1 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for solvable
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Is that feasible and also what the Trump administration is trying to do? Miran’s is a very important paper, with many interesting observations.—
George Calhoun,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2025
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Reese said that over 75% of the company’s resin material imports are sourced from Asia, and that replacing these suppliers with U.S.-based manufacturers was not a feasible option.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
29 May 2025
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Oat Bread Oat bread is bread made from oats, which are a good source of fiber, including a type of soluble fiber called beta-glucan.—
Jillian Kubala,
Health,
20 May 2025
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When the soil is submerged underwater, arsenic in the ground becomes soluble and the plant’s roots can mistake the arsenic for nutrients and absorb it, said Andrew Meharg, the chair of plant and soil science at Queen’s University Belfast in Northern Ireland.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 May 2025
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Like every member of the General Assembly, Stewart essentially is an independent contractor answerable to the voters, not an employee who can be fired or have their pay docked by the House leadership.—
Mark Pazniokas,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2025
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But all of this avoids the challenges of a magical realism where questions about the purpose of poetry, theater, political resistance, life and legacy are answerable only by dying.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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“Solvable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/solvable. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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